Agriculture Minister Dr Md Abdur Razzaque has said a Japanese company is willing to import potatoes from Bangladesh. Seiya Kadou, top official of the Japanese company, expressed his interest to import Valencia variety of potatoes from Bangladesh during a meeting with Agriculture Minister Md Abdur Razzak at Westin Hotel in Tokyo on Thursday (27 April). ACI Agribusiness
Food self-sufficiency cannot be achieved by maintaining such dependency on the international market for food production. Price hikes in the international market increases import costs in Bangladesh abnormally and puts pressure on the foreign exchange reserves.
Agriculture Minister Dr Md Abdur Razzaque today said after discussing the food situation in Bangladesh, World Food Programme Country Director Domenico Scalpelli has said that there is no possibility of famine.